public function testSerialization()
{
$testData = [['firstname' => 'Bobby', 'surname' => 'Silver'], ['firstname' => 'Jake', 'surname' => 'Starkiller'], ['firstname' => 'Dirk', 'surname' => 'Diggler']];
$humanCollection = new HumanCollection();
foreach ($testData as $node) {
$humanCollection->add(new Human($node['firstname'], $node['surname']));
}
$this->assertEquals($humanCollection->serialize(), json_encode($testData));
}
public function writeToFile(HumanCollection $collection, string $filename)
{
// Can't just append to a JSON file, wouldn't be valid, I have to parse and save all of it.
if (file_exists($filename)) {
$serializedData = json_decode(file_get_contents($filename), true);
foreach ($serializedData as $person) {
$collection->add(new Human($person['firstname'], $person['surname']));
}
}
$serializedData = $collection->serialize();
$result = file_put_contents($filename, $serializedData);
if (false === $result) {
throw new Exception('Could not WRITE to file!');
}
}
